Visual Arts

I'm not really a flowers kind of guy, but Louis Comfort Tiffany might change that. The Morse Museum of American Art — home to all things related to Tiffany, the great American glass artist who died in 1933 — is featuring an exhibition of Tiffany's art glass. About 20 vases demonstrate different...

It's not hard to picture Walt Disney and his cartoon creation Mickey Mouse as pals. But Disney and surrealism master Salvador Dalí? It's not as far-fetched as it seems. A major art exhibit just down the road from Orlando looks at the animation legend in a new way — through his relationship with...

Noelle Mason, a Tampa artist, is this year's winner of the Florida Prize in Contemporary Art. Orlando Museum of Art, which established the prize in 2014, presents the award each year to an artist who lives and works in the state. Mason's honor was announced at a reception Friday night. Working...

WHAT: You know how in museums, there are all those signs and ropes and cameras and docents and security guards making sure you don't touch the art? Do all those precautions just make you want to touch it more? Then "Sight Unseen: Touchable Sculpture" is the exhibit for you. The Polasek Museum in...

WHAT: If you haven't yet seen it, check out the snazzy Snap! Downtown gallery on Church Street in Orlando. The sister venue to Snap! Space on East Colonial Drive opened in late January. For the next couple of weeks, the downtown art spot will exhibit art by Mark Gmehling along with works by Rebecca...

Artist Jason Hackenwerth just wanted to brighten someone's day. Living in New York in the early 2000s, he became keenly aware of the toll that city life can take on the human spirit. "There's something magical about living in New York, but the daily grind can wear you down," says Hackenwerth, 46....

Can an art museum help foster a sense of community? “Absolutely,” says Ena Heller, director of the Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College since 2012. “Art today brings different perspectives together. A lot of art is teamwork.” The growing sense of community at the Cornell is evidenced in...